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Wildlife Sightings - 04/05/2021

Wildlife Sightings - 04/05/2021

Weather: Cool, wet
River Wear Tide Level: High


Wader Lake Time/AM

Gadwall - 4
Oystercatcher - 4
Avocet - 30
Black-headed Gull - 32
Herring Gull - 9
Mute Swan - 2
Lapwing - 1
Shelduck - 36 (15 on water & 21 on meadow)
Shelduck - 1 male
Swallows - 2
Grey Heron - 13


Saline lagoon Time/AM Tide Level/High

Shoveler - 2
Greylag Geese - 2
Avocet - 2
Shelduck - 5 (3 on meadow)
Oystercatcher - 1


Hawthorn Wood

Bullfinch - 2
Chaffinch - 4
Robin - 1
Nuthatch - 1


Lookout feeding station

Chaffinch
Great Tit
Bullfinch
Robin


Other Birds Noted Around Site

Swallow (Window on the Wear) - 6


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